Chinese Taipei player Chou Tien Cheng lost to Chinese world champion Shi Yuqi 16:21, 21:19, 17:21 in the top 8 of the Super 1000 Series 2025 Malaysia Open Badminton Championships on the 10th local time, and missed the men's singles top 4.

Chinese Taipei's good player Chou Tien Cheng

In the last ball of the game, Shi Yuqi hit the ball on Zhou Tiancheng's body, the ball was originally intended to be challenged by Shi Yuqi in the boundary, but the referee announced that the ball touched Zhou Tiancheng's body and formed a violation, so he did not give a challenge, so Zhou Tiancheng continued to protest with the referee after the game, but the referee did not accept Zhou Tiancheng's protest, and finally let the game end.

According to a report by Malaysia's Sin Chew Daily, Chou Cheen Seng refused to be interviewed in the mixed interview area after the match, but when questioned, he said with dissatisfaction: "I don't know, I have said many times that VAR must be applied to badminton matches, I have said many times, the referee has been making mistakes, I don't know what else to say, that's all." ”

Another party, Shi Yuqi, said in an interview after the game that after he hit it, the referee indicated that Zhou Tiancheng touched the ball, so he scored directly: "But the linesman signaled that it was out of bounds, and I was going to make a challenge, but the referee didn't let me challenge, I thought it was because I had too long, so he didn't let me challenge, but he told me that Zhou Tiancheng touched it, but in fact, if the ball asked me to challenge, I also thought it was in bounds." ”